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BlueBorne Vulnerability Affects Amazon Echo
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BlueBorne Vulnerability Affects Amazon Echo

In September this year, researchers at Armis, a company specializing in the Internet of Things security, announced that they had developed a proof of concept code that would allow potential hackers to hack Bluetooth devices. BlueBorne is the name given to a collection of eight vulnerabilities which

Boeing 757 Hacked
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Boeing 757 Hacked

A team consisting of government, industry, and academic officials successfully demonstrated that a commercial aircraft could be remotely hacked in a non-laboratory setting. The hack occurred in September 2016 and was recently announced at the 2017 CyberSat Summit in Tyson’s Corner, Virginia. Robert

Cryptojacking Surges in Popularity
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Cryptojacking Surges in Popularity

Since the emergence of Coinhive was reported the popularity of cryptojacking has increased exponentially. Coinhive allows website owners to integrate a Javascript miner on their website to generate extra revenue. The mining is done by the website user when on the website. Many websites have adopted

Crunchyroll.com Hijacked
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Crunchyroll.com Hijacked

Popular websites have always been a target for hackers trying to spread malware. The popular website Crunchyroll.com, which allows users to stream their favorite anime shows, experienced an attack over the weekend which forced the company to close its website over the weekend. While there is still s

Hackers Hijack Ethereum Mining Equipment
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Hackers Hijack Ethereum Mining Equipment

Hackers targeting all facets of the cryptocurrency boom is by no means a new phenomenon. On Nov 1, news broke of two separate incidents targeting cryptocurrency wallets in two different ways. Reasons for cryptocurrencies becoming one of the favored targets for hackers can be directly attributed thei

unCAPTCHA Breaks reCAPTCHA
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unCAPTCHA Breaks reCAPTCHA

Google’s reCAPTCHA has become one of the staple security innovations protecting users from spam and abuse in recent years. Advertised as a free service offered by tech giants Google, reCAPTCHA uses an advanced risk analysis engine and adaptive CAPTCHAs to keep automated software from engaging in abu

Bad Rabbit Ransomware Hitting Russia and Ukraine
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Bad Rabbit Ransomware Hitting Russia and Ukraine

News broke on October 24 of a new ransomware variant targeting Russian and Ukrainian systems. The ransomware infected both personal computers and company servers. Among the affected organizations are Kiev’s metro system, Russian media organization Interfax and Odessa airport. Interfax was forced to

Reaper Botnet is Huge
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Reaper Botnet is Huge

Since the middle of September, researchers have been watching an Internet of Things Botnet grow by nearly 10,000 infections per day. The botnet has been codenamed IoT_reaper. The current size of Reaper is estimated to be over 2 million infections. Much has been published over the years about how vul

SockBot Discovered in Development
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SockBot Discovered in Development

Recently we reported on the first ever ransomware which changes both the user PIN and encrypts user data on Android devices, discovered by researchers at ESET. In less than a week another piece of malware was discovered targeting Android users. SockBot, discovered by researchers at Symantec, is a Tr

The Dawn of DoubleLocker
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The Dawn of DoubleLocker

Researchers at Slovakia based security firm ESET have discovered a new ransomware variant that targets Android users. The researchers believe this to be the first instance on ransomware which abuses Android Accessibility. A feature that provides users alternative ways to interact with their smartpho